Cygnet Health Care pleads guilty of failing to provide safe care at hospital in Ealing after woman took her own life

A private sector mental health provider has been hit with a £1.53m fine after pleading guilty in a criminal prosecution brought by the Care Quality Commission over an inpatient’s death.

Cygnet Health Care pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to provide safe care and treatment at its Ealing hospital, after the death of a young woman who was able to take her own life there in July 2019.

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